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Rich countries have failed to provide the financial assistance needed for the developing world to cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of climate breakdown, poorer nations have warned, after a US summit of world leaders ended with few new funding promises.
The failure leaves billions of people at risk from the worsening ravages of extreme weather, as poor countries struggle with the Covid-19 crisis and rapidly mounting debt.
US president Joe Biden brought together more than 40 world leaders for a two-day virtual White House summit on the climate crisis. The US led with a bold new target of halving carbon emissions this decade, while countries including Canada, Japan and South Africa also strengthened their emissions targets.
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Statement by Gaston Browne PM of Antigua and Barbuda at “Summit of 40 Leaders” on Climate Change
April 24, 2021
Organized by the President of the United States of America Joseph Biden April 22nd to 23rd 2021.
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Thank you, President Biden, for convening this important gathering to address the most significant threat facing our one planet and our one humanity.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne
We are grateful that the United States and China have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and we look forward to swift action in their transitioning into carbon neutral economies.
We urge other major emitting nations to follow this vital example set by the United States and China.
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The following was submitted as message for Earth Day 2021 by U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS, Linda Taglialatela, under the theme: Earth Day: We Can Tackle Climate Change Together.
The celebration of Earth Day throughout the Eastern Caribbean has special meaning this year.
The suffering of our neighbors in St Vincent and the Grenadines and on other impacted countries across the region due to the La Soufrière eruptions reminds us of the awesome power of our planet. Though we cannot control a volcano, we can and must fulfill our collective responsibility to care for those parts of the environment that are under our control.
The United States convened 40 world leaders at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to accelerate the global response to the climate crisis and keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) within reach. Held on Earth Day, five years after the formal signing of the Paris Agreement, the gathering turned out to be a valuable opportunity to harvest climate commitments from some major emitters. It also planted the seeds for further action from additional countries in the months ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
Here’s a summary of the highs and lows:
Which Countries Strengthened Their Emissions-reduction Targets?